1. K-STATE STRENGTHSQUEST PEER COACHING
Getting To Know: Trevor Barnes
Background:
Your goal is to write a stream of consciousness narrative. Stream of consciousness, introduced
by psychologist William James in 1890, is a person’s thoughts and conscious reactions to events
in a continuous, uninterrupted flow. In other words, you are going to write down anything and
everything related to the prompt below in two minutes. It should sound similar to a journal entry.
Be sure to manage your Communication-the point is not to write beautiful, exact prose but to
get everything on paper.
Directions:
Make sure you are in a space where you won’t be distracted or interrupted for the next couple of
minutes. Get out your phone and open a timer. Set it for two minutes. As soon as the two minutes
start, you will concentrate only on the task at hand and getting out everything that enters your
head concerning your prompt. Do not read over or edit your writing once your timer ends.
Simply move onto the next activity.
Prompt:
What is the story you tell yourself about your academics?
Make observations about your actual academic experiences and effort.
What story do only your actions tell?

2. Complete these statements about yourself.
I earn my best grades when I…
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I enjoy learning about…
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The best job I ever had was…
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The best project I’ve ever been involved with was…
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The time when I am at my best academically is…
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The best thing about my academic work is…
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What I enjoy doing most in class is…
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The best time in academic career was…
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To meet your expectations, what academic issues are you hoping to address in coaching?
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3. Answer the following questions.
1. How are your days structured?
2. How do you schedule yourself for the week?
3. What do you feel a sense of urgency about this week?
4. What do you feel responsible for right now?
5. How do you typically start taking action?
6. What is your system/order for getting things completed?
7. How do you keep track of your progress toward your goals?
8. If you could change one thing for the better academically, what would it be and
how would you change it?
9. Tell me about a current challenge you face at school. What steps are you taking to
overcome it?
10.If you could change two things about school for the better, what would they be?
11.How does your communication help you at school?
12.Who is your favorite teacher? Tell me about him or her.
13.Do you ever feel guilty? For what? When?
14.Are you realistically able to take more responsibility at school or home? Why or
why not?
15.Tell me about something you have fixed or made better recently.
16.What goal have you met recently? Tell me about a way that you have chosen to
meet a goal. How did you select that route?